Hector Villa (Kuno Becker), a scrappy migrant farmworker by day and part-time prizefighter by night, struggles to reach for a better life for himself and his ailing mother. But when Hector discovers their rich rancher boss... more &raquo has slashed his mother?s pay, he pays the ultimate price for brawling with the boss? thugs ? a one-way ticket back over the Mexican border. Beaten up, broke and jobless, Hector joins forces with an old-school trainer and sets his sights on the rancher?s boxer son for the ultimate David-and-Goliath face-off in this adrenaline- pumping drama from stunt coordinator-turned-director Jimmy Nickerson (ROCKY, RAGING BULL, FIGHT CLUB).&laquo less

Movie Reviews

Blaxploitation II

James J. Varela | Sarasota, FL United States | 04/19/2010

(2 out of 5 stars)

"This film does deserve credit for the outstanding performances done but it's cast most of whom are newcomers. The film sadly in many ways is a modern day latino incantation of the Blaxploitation genre of film of the 1970's. Noble and heroic latino/hispanic people unite and trimumph over the evil anglo/white people. The film is loaded with false stereotypes many young and often uneducated urban latinos have of anglo whites. Given the current climate in the country over immigration I would not show this film to young people if I were a parent of any race or ethnicity."

GOT TO BE REAL MOVIE OF THE YEAR

Andy Saldana | 02/13/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"ONCE IN A WHILE A DOWN TO EARTH,FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF SMALL MOVIE WITH BIG DREAMS COMES ALONG AND REMINDS YOU WHAT A QUALITY FILM IS. YOU APPRECIATE ALL ITS FINE DETAILS AND ATTENTION TO CHARACTERIZATION AND THAT BRINGS YOU TO FROM MEXICO WITH LOVE. YOU SENSE THAT YOU ARE INSIDE THE FILM ITSELF. IT ALL LOOKS SO SIMPLE AND TRUE TO LIFE. THE LEADS ARE GOOD BUT THE SUPPORTING CAST ARE A PLEASURE TO WATCH AND LISTEN TOO. YOU TAKE A FILM LIKE AVATAR WITH ITS LANG ACTOR AND YOU FIND IT HERE IN THE DAD/RANCHER PATRON OF THE TOWN. MEANER THAN A JUNKYARD DOG AND A CHARACTER YOU LOVE TO HATE. OF COURSE THE TRAINER TO THE YOUNG UNDERDOG BOXER IS A CLASSIC ROCKY TYPE GUY. WITHOUT SPILLING TOO MUCH MORE OF THE STORY, GO BUY IT IF YOU WANT A SPIRITED DOWN TO THE BONE TALE OF DREAMS, DEFEAT AND FINAL REDEMPTION. ITS THAT GOOD."